More on Me + Em – Page 1345
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Opinion
Comment: John Lewis IT boss - NRF is like 'Toys R Us' for retailers
I write these words somewhere over the Atlantic on the way back from NRF – the US ‘Big Retail Show’ which is increasingly the big ‘Global Retail Show’ in New York.
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News
Supermarket sales volumes rose over Christmas, but value remains flat
The volume of items purchased at UK supermarkets increased for the first time since mid-July, 2013, according to Nielsen data.
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News
Google prepares to halt sales of Google Glass eyewear
Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eyewear, but plans to continue developing the smart glasses as a consumer product.
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Mountain Warehouse's Christmas sales soar on bricks-and-clicks strategy
Mountain Warehouse saw sales soar over the Christmas period, driven by the outdoor clothing retailer’s bricks-and-clicks strategy.
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European Commission investigates Luxembourg’s tax deal with Amazon
The European Commission has claimed Luxembourg’s tax deal with Amazon is founded on selective treatment that amounts to an illicit subsidy.
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Urban Barns develops 'cubic farming' to grow fresh food in urban spaces
Canadian food producer Urban Barns is developing ‘cubic farming’ technology that can potentially grow 500 lettuces in one square foot over a year.
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Tesco job cuts start at the top as senior managers face axe
Tesco has begun cutting jobs and shifting responsibilities among some of its most senior executives, it is understood.
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Fashion retailer Neiman Marcus unveils digital 'memory mirror'
US luxury fashion retailer Neiman Marcus has begun rolling out a mirror that captures images and videos of clothing customers try on.
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USC bought out of administration by fellow Sports Direct fascia Republic
Sports Direct high street fascia USC has been bought out of administration by Republic.com, a retailer also owned by Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct.
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News
Infographic: John Lewis sales increase despite poor weather
John Lewis sales rose by 3.8% for the week ending January 10 despite the poor weather as online fashion surged.
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News
JD Sports sales soar over Christmas after dumping Bank fashion chain
JD Sports has reported a sales surge across the Christmas trading period after offloading its struggling young fasion fascia Bank.
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Phase Eight poised for African expansion after Foschini buys the retailer
Phase Eight will be sold to South African retailer Foschini Group in a deal valuing the upmarket women’s fashion retailer at £300m.
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Sainsbury's to drop Tesco auditor PwC in favour of Ernst & Young
Sainsbury’s is dropping PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which also audits the accounts of scandal-hit Tesco, as its auditor in favour of Ernst & Young (EY).
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Phase Eight, Aldi and Booker
Retail news round-up on January 16, 2015: Foschini Group to buy Phase Eight; Aldi signs £1m worth of Burns Night supplier deals; Booker to roll out 50 convenience stores and more.
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News
Store of the week: Camper’s attention-grabbing New York store
Camper’s New York store uses simple but eye-catching store design techniques to stand out from the crowd whilst maintaining brand image.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Out with the old and in with the new at Tesco
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Tesco’s recent appointment of Matt Davies as the struggling retailer’s UK chief executive.
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Analysis
Analysis: Looking at store designers’ forecast for 2015
Change in retail is often incremental, but could 2015 bring big in-store changes? We talk to the store designers who create a difference.
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News
HMV's vinyl resurgence helps it reclaim physical music top spot
HMV recorded its highest vinyl sales before Christmas since the mid-1990s and reclaimed its crown as the UK’s biggest retailer of physical music.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: Should I accept bitcoin payments?
It comes as no surprise that online retailers are constantly looking for ways to lower their costs and to differentiate themselves from their competition.
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News
Target to close struggling Canadian operation after two years
US discount retailer Target is closing its loss-making Canadian operation in a move that puts 17,600 jobs at risk.